Degradation by Postia placenta in spruce and birch wood was shown to occur not only in the wood cell wall but also in the middle lamellae region. Middle lamellae was often found to be degraded along the centerline so that cells could separate along this line. Extracellular membrane structures were found surrounding the hyphae and this matrix labelled positively with antisera produced to Postia placenta extracellular metabolites. This matrix was also visible in the secondary wall of degraded birch wood. Antisera labelling was also noted in the secondary cell walls of the wood cells, but not in the middle lamellae region.

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